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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the presentation of Union Budget was being advanced by about a month to ensure a speedier...

New Delhi: In the wake of bird flu scare in Delhi and other parts, the Centre on Wednesday set up a high-level committee to monitor the situation and help...

Qayyara/Baghdad: IS fighters on Wednesday kept up their fierce defence of the southern approaches to Mosul, which has held up Iraqi troops on the southern...

Diyarbakir: Turkish police in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir on Wednesday used tear gas and water cannon to scatter protesters following the arrest...

Moscow/Stockholm: Russia is sharply upgrading the firepower of its Baltic Fleet in Kaliningrad by adding warships armed with long-range cruise missiles to...

New Delhi: Without committing itself on India's NSG membership bid, New Zealand on Wednesday said it would continue to "contribute...

Ankara/Beirut: Turkey said on Wednesday it will press its military offensive in Syria until IS is driven from the town of Al Bab, despite a warning from...

Caracas: Opposition supporters rallied throughout Venezuela on Wednesday against unpopular socialist President Nicolas Maduro, whom they accuse of turning...

Doha: Yemeni army units backed by an Arab coalition attacked positions held by Houthis in a strategic province east of the capital on Wednesday, a day after...

Kuala Lumpur: Authorities will adopt more "invisible" screening measures to step up security in and around airports as they increasingly become...